The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-05-13
BEAUTIFUL CREOLE WoMEN.-The


arlstocratic Creole lady is often model
Tor the imitation Of her sex, She is an
obedient and respectful daughter, a faith
iui wife and devoted mother. She is
soft OF speech and has grace of manner
winch gives charm to all she does. Well
educated and accomplished, with keen wit,
she makes brilliant figure in society, bu.
is neverthe elcss, an excellent manager of
her household, and gives a most careful
supervision to every detail that will en-
hance the comfort of her lord. She looks
diligently after the physical and intellect
ual welfare of her children; especially are
her daughters trained under her own ewes
IN all that goes to make women lovely in
mind and person. Their tasks for sch ool
arc conned by her side, their music lessons
are practiced within her hearing, that she
may detect the least false note. She
shares in all their amusemcnts, she is their
companion, their confident, their friend.
They come to her with all their little
hopes and fears, sure of her sympathy.
When her daughter is grown, tho Creole
matron blooms again into rich second
youth her own girlhood is renewed in
that of child; they arc scarcely mother
and daughter any longer, but pair of
loving sisters. The young girl is educated
in convent, and leads secluded exist
ence until she is launched in society, and
then In the joyous life that bursts upon
her she always surrounded by the same
watchlul care that guarded her childhood.
Young girls arc not allowed to 60 into so-
ciety without being accompanied by their
mothers, or some other married lady, as
chaperon-onc of the many Creole GUS
toms which has been generally adopted by
the American residents of New Orleans.
These young girls are often wonderfully
beautiful. Good features, handsome eyes
and graceful figures combine to mako
them very attractive, their beauty being
not inirequently Oriental in type, though
tho vivacity Of thcir manner marks them
as essentially French in character, Many
Creole women nro very accomplished.
They have skill in music and painting
that is often artistic. In tho literary
clubs which society women ha .e inaugu.
rated of late years in New Orleans, tho
American ladies have been astonished to
find the Creole ladies quito as we'll posted
as themselves in English literature. while
possessing mnch greater knowledge of
the literature of other countries. But an
accomplishment still more attractive to
the impecunious young mau seeking matri-
mony is the exquisite taste with which
these maidens fair will fashion their own
gowns and bonnets when circumstanc ces
require them to make these things at homo.
The Creole women have inherited the
French taste for dress, and in a greater
degree than other Americans, they regard
the fiat of Paris as the supreme authority
in all matters concerning the toilet. Also,
the Creole women Of all ages and of all
classes are dcvout. Neither social engage
ments, nor weather, nor other obstacles
are allowed to interfere with the discharge
of their religious duties. Are they not
somewhat supcrstitious Some of them
little so, perhaps, in remembrance of
voudou stories told them in their infancy
by old negro nurses.--Letter to Omaha
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